Extreme revision for medical student who saves neighbour’s life

3:25 May 26, 2015

Jenny Grey

Jenny Grey, a first year student from Talygarn, south Wales, didn’t know CPR before she started her studies in September, but when returning home to her parents’ house with her sister on 2 May she saw a neighbour frantically knocking on doors trying to get some help for John who had collapsed at home.

Jenny has known John since she was three-years-old and with the help of another neighbour was able to keep him alive for twenty minutes until the ambulance and an anaesthetist who lived nearby arrived.

She said: “I was more frustrated than anything else as the instructions we were receiving were not to move him, but once I explained that I could help I was allowed to perform CPR. The paramedics who arrived told me that this probably saved his life.”

Just a couple of weeks after the real life incident Jenny came back to Manchester for her exams – one of which in performing CPR. She’s also been to visit John in hospital and he is slowly recovering after receiving a triple heart bypass.

John’s wife, Karen said: “I can’t begin to thank Jenny enough for her swift actions in helping to save my husband’s life. Throughout it all she was extremely calm and totally in control and you would never have known that she had only just learnt CPR as part of her medical training. What a great neighbour to have! When Jenny visited John at the hospital it was quite an emotional reunion for both of them.

Jenny added: “This occurred well before I’d expect to be in a similar situation as a student and it was quite upsetting, especially knowing John so well.

“What I’d say to anyone who has these skills is that you should help in every way you can. It’s harder to do nothing than try your best.

“I would encourage anyone at all of any age to get training in basic life support, it is easy to find courses anywhere in the country, and could make all the difference to someone’s life.”

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